Local elections 2025

Final election results - confirmed 29 October 2025

The final result for the Chatham Islands Council elections held on Saturday 11th October 2025 is as follows:

Mayor (1)

• HORLER, Greg: 212
• CROON, Monique: 95

BLANK VOTING PAPERS: 6

SPECIAL VOTES: 16

NOT QUALIFIED: 3

Greg Horler is declared elected.

Councillors (8)

• WHAITIRI, Nathaniel: 205
• HOARE, Graeme: 202
• SOUTHCOMBE, Jacqui: 172
• DAY, Keri Lea: 167
• GIBB, Bridget: 161
• GREGORY-HUNT, Celine (Bubbles): 158
• THOMAS, Pita: 139
• HOVERD, Jenna: 129
• SEYMOUR, Amanda: 129
• DAYMOND, Jack: 110
• EDMONDS, Rennae: 107
• KAMO, Judy: 103
• LANAUZE, Loretta: 98
• LAWSON, Trescia: 63

INFORMAL VOTES: 3

BLANK VOTING PAPERS: 1

SPECIAL VOTES: 16

NOT QUALIFIED: 3

Nathaniel Whaitari, Graeme Hoare, Jacqui Southcombe, Keri Lea Day, Bridget Gibb, Celine Gregory-Hunt and Pita Thomas are declared elected.

The voter return percentage was 68.34%, being 300 votes, excluding special votes.

Following the conduct of a judicial recount before His Honour Judge A.A. Couch, the result of the election for the position of Councillor was determined to be an equality of votes between candidates Amanda Seymour and Jenna Hoverd.

Pursuant to section 58(5) of the Local Electoral Regulations 2001, the Electoral Officer determined the successful candidate by lot, under Police supervision.

As a result of that determination, Jenna Hoverd is hereby declared elected as Councillor of the Chatham Islands Council.

This amended declaration supersedes the declaration of result published on 16 October 2025. 

Jo Guise
Electoral Officer 
Chatham Islands Council
29 October 2025

Timeline

• 4 July 2025: Candidate nominations open
• 1 August 2025: Candidate nominations close
• 6 August 2025: Candidates announced
• 5 September 2025: Final electoral roll certified by Electoral Officer
• 9 September – 25 September 2025: Voting papers sent to enrolled voters
• 9 September – 11 October 2025: Voting opens
• 11 October 2025: Voting closes at 12 noon
• 16 October 2025: Final results announced
• 16–19 October 2025: Public notice of official declaration of election results

How to enrol in your local elections

The Electoral Roll closed on Friday 1 August 2025. If you aren't enrolled, you will now need to cast a ‘special vote’ at the election.

You can only enrol, or be nominated to enrol, once in a council district, no matter how many properties you own in that council district.

Residential electors

If you are registered to vote in Parliamentary elections (a Parliamentary elector), you are automatically enrolled as a residential elector to vote in local authority elections. The address where you are registered as a Parliamentary elector must be in the council district for the local authority elections.

Ratepayer electors

You may be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector in a council district if both of these apply:

• you are on the district valuation roll and pay rates in the council district
• the address where you are registered as a Parliamentary elector is outside that council district.

Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated as a ratepayer may also depend on your individual circumstances as determined by criteria in the Local Electoral Act 2001(external link) and its regulations.

Joint ratepayers

If partners, joint tenants and tenants in common collectively pay rates on a property in a council district, one of the group may be nominated to go on the Electoral Roll. The person nominating and the nominated person must be registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses outside the council district where the property is located.

Organisations

Any organisation, firm, company, trust, corporation or society or association that pays rates on one or more properties in a council district may nominate one of its members or officers to be the ratepayer elector.

The person nominated must consent to the nomination and not be enrolled or nominated as a ratepayer elector for any other property. The person nominating and the nominated person must be registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses outside the council district where the property is located.

Enrolment confirmation forms

Existing ratepayer electors

New Electoral Rolls are compiled every three years for the local authority elections. You should already have an enrolment confirmation form or other advice on your ratepayer elector status if:

• you were enrolled as a ratepayer elector for the 2022 local authority elections, or since then
• you enrolled or were nominated as a ratepayer elector.

If you are still waiting to receive your Enrolment Confirmation Form or other advice about your non-resident ratepayer status or you have misplaced your Enrolment Confirmation Form, you will need to contact our election management provider, electionz.com Ltd on 0800 666 049 or nrr@electionz.com.

New ratepayer electors who wish to enrol or nominate a ratepayer elector

If you think you may be eligible to enrol or to nominate someone as a ratepayer elector, you can request an Enrolment Form for Ratepayer Electors from electionz.com Ltd on on 0800 666 049 or nrr@electionz.com. You can also or enrol online on www.electionz.com(external link).

Make sure you request this form early so you can get answers to any questions you have about the form or being on the Electoral Roll before the roll closes on Friday 1 August 2025.

For help or more information

Contact our election management provider, electionz.com Ltd on 0800 666 049 or nrr@electionz.com if you need help with your application.

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